Copy-holding device



PATENTED JAN. 19 190 4.

J. R; PosTsR. COPY HOLDING DEVICE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR- 25, 1903.

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latented January 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFicn.

JOHN R. FOSTER, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COPY-HOLDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,783, dated January 19, 1904;.

Application filed March 25, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN R. Fos'rnn, a subjest of the King of Great Britain, residing at the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Copy-Holding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for the use of stenographers, type-writers, and others,and is intended to conveniently hold the stenographic note-book so that it may serve as a writing-pad while the notes are being written and afterward to retain said note-book containing the notes in a convenient position for them to be read while being transcribed. My invention is intended to hold the note-book at all times, both while writingthe notes and 1 attain 'these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the following drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a perspective view of my copyholding device containing an ordinary endopening note-book and in about the position that my device would set upon the table or desk it used in reading notes from said book for transcription. Fig. 2 shows my invention in perspective-lying nearly flat, it would ordinarily lie upon the table or-desk while writing notes in the book shown therein. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of my invention. Fig. 4 represents a broken section of the back of bed A, showingcli p (l, jou rnaled thereto and showing spring-holding clip C in place.

In the several figures like letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is the bed of my device, and is constructed, preferably, of thin sheet metal, the edges being turned up (/1 and a) at right angles to the bed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This bed A is preferably constructed about nine inches in length and six inches in breadth to accommodate the common and usual sized stenographic copy-book, but may be constructed in any size that may be desired. The side pieces or lips a and c are turned up preferably about half an inch, that accommodating the ordinary stenographic note-book, but may be extended so as to make a greater depth to accommodate a thicker book, if desired.

.U formed by such bend Serial No. 149,457. (No model.)

angles from the bed A, as appearsin the several drawings. 1 l

a is a extension of the bed A at its upper end to form a cylinder-shaped journal.

/ B is a wire leg journaled at a to the bed A and intended as an adjustable leg to hold,

the copy-holder in the position shown in Fig,

1 for transcribing notes. folded down against the bottom of bed A, shown in Fig. 2, thus enabling the device to lie down flat on the table for writing. A par- .ticular feature of my invention is embodied in the shape of the leg B, which is constructed of wire and has near the place at which it is journaled to bed A a U-shaped bend, as shown in the several Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the legs of the being preferably This leg B may 119' about three-fourths of an inch in length and so shaped .that such U-shaped bend forms a.

minor supporting-leg when the main leg B is folded down, as shown in Fig. 2, the utility of which is to hold bed A containing notebook at a slight and convenient angle or slant when laid on the table for the purpose of using as a writing-pad.

C is a spring-clip on the back of bed A, intended to engage and hold the used sheets of the. note-book, which may be turned back and fastened down by means of the clip 0 against the back of the bed A. Clip C is preferably formed of round wire, each end extending into a journal on the back of bed A and its lower portion forming a clip held in place by coiled spring F.

l) is a metal bar of the same width as the lip e and the same length as the bed A. It is placed upright, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and held in position by set-screws E E, the object being by theuse of the set-screws to engage the edges of note-books of variable width.

E E are set-screws .passin through lip' a H placed in position in my device, it representing the used leaves of said notebook turned backward and engaged by clip C, holding them against the back of bed A.

The operation of my device and the utility thereof are as follows: The note-book H, openingat the top, is placed upon the bed A, and the bar D, by means of the set-screws E E, is brought up so as to slightly engage the edge of the note-book, thus keeping it straight. The leg B being folded down on the back of the device, it is laid on the table nearly fiat, and the notes are written on the exposed page of the note-book, and when the exposed page is filled it is simply turned backward until as many pages are Written as may be desired, when they are again turned forward into the original position. The device is raised, the leg B extended, so as to place it in the position shown by Fig. 1, in which position the writer tra'nscribes from the notes, throwing each page forward as it is Written, and upon completion of the transcription the pages of notes are slipped under clip C and there kept firmly in position out of the way, leaving an exposed page on the face for the next writing.

Having thus described the construction, operation, and utility of my invention, I claim as follows: a r

1. A combined copy-holder and writingpad, consisting of a bed, A, with spring-clip (3 attached to its back, in combination with a supporting wire leg B journaled to the upper end of bed A, said leg B fashioned with a U- shaped bend near the place at which it is journaled to said bed A, said U-shaped bend in leg B forming a minor leg when leg B is folded against bed A, capable of slightly elevating the upper end of bed A when laid on a table for use as a writing-pad substantially as shown and described.

2. In a combined copy-holder and writingpa d consisting of a flat bed to hold a notebook and a supporting adjustable leg, a supportingleg constructed of wire as shown and described journaled to the upper end of the bed and constructed with a U-shaped bend at or near the point where it is journaled to said bed.

3. In a combined copy-holder consisting of a bed to hold the copy-book and an adjustable leg, a bed of light metal having a fixed verti cal flange on one side and a movable flange and set-screws to adjust said movable flange on the other side, in combination with an adjustable wire leg, substantially as shown and specified.

JOHN R. FOSTER. Witnesses:

W. KNox HAYNES, K. SoANLoN. 

